Item 1. (a) Name of Issuer
Fraternity Community Bancorp, Inc.
Item 1. (b) Address of Issuer’s Principal Executive Offices
764 Washington Boulevard
Baltimore, Maryland 21230
Item 2. (a) Name of Person Filing
This Schedule 13G is being filed on behalf of the following persons (the “Reporting Persons”)*:
(i) | EJF Capital LLC; |
(ii) | Emanuel J. Friedman; |
(iii) | EJF Financial Services Fund, LP; and |
(iv) | EJF Financial Services GP, LLC |
*Attached as Exhibit A is a copy of an agreement among the Reporting Persons that this Schedule 13G is being filed on behalf of each of them.
Item 2. (b) Address of Principal Business Office or, if None, Residence
EJF Capital LLC
2107 Wilson Boulevard
Suite 410
Arlington, VA 22201
Emanuel J. Friedman
2107 Wilson Boulevard
Suite 410
Arlington, VA 22201
EJF Financial Services Fund, LP
2107 Wilson Boulevard
Suite 410
Arlington, VA 22201
EJF Financial Services GP, LLC
2107 Wilson Boulevard
Suite 410
Arlington, VA 22201
Item 2. (c) Citizenship
See Item 4 of the attached cover pages.
Item 2. (d) Title of Class of Securities
Common Stock, $0.01 par value (“Common Stock”)
Item 2. (e) CUSIP Number
Item 3. If This Statement is Filed Pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b), or 13d-2(b) or (c), Check Whether the Person Filing is a:
Not Applicable.
Item 4. Ownership
(a) | Amount beneficially owned: |
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| See Item 9 of the attached cover pages. |
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(b) | Percent of class: |
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| See Item 11 of the attached cover pages. |
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(c) | Number of shares as to which such person has: |
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| (i) | Sole power to vote or to direct the vote: |
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| | See Item 5 of the attached cover pages. |
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| (ii) | Shared power to vote or to direct the vote: |
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| | See Item 6 of the attached cover pages. |
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| (iii) | Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition: |
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| | See Item 7 of the attached cover pages. |
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| (iv) | Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition: |
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| | See Item 8 of the attached cover pages. |
EJF Financial Services Fund, LP is the record owner of the shares of Common Stock shown on item 9 of its cover page.
EJF Financial Services GP, LLC serves as the general partner and investment manager of EJF Financial Services Fund, LP and may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of the shares of Common Stock of which EJF Financial Services Fund, LP is the record owner.
EJF Capital LLC is the sole member and manager of EJF Financial Services GP, LLC, and may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of the shares of Common Stock of which such entity may share beneficial ownership. Emanuel J. Friedman is the controlling member of EJF Capital LLC and may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of the shares of Common Stock over which EJF Capital LLC may share beneficial ownership.
The Reporting Persons exceeded beneficial ownership of 5% of the Common Stock on November 10, 2014 as a result of stock repurchases by the Issuer that decreased the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reported on the Issuer’s Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on November 14, 2014.
Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class
Not Applicable.
Item 6. Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person
See item 4.
Item 7. Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on by the Parent Holding Company
Not Applicable.
Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of the Group
The filing persons may be deemed to be members of a group.
Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of Group
Not Applicable.
Item 10. Certification
By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect.